[pmmail-list] No PMMail choice in IE 6 with XP

Gene Gough pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:04:57 -0500


If you can do that I sure would like to know what PMMAIL/2000  install can't do that for us.  Any comments from 
the developers?


On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 06:44:10 -0600, J Stewart wrote:

>i had that same problem and my solution was to reinstall PMMail in the
>same folder (overlay) place again.   crude but it worked, however.....
>
>i did some searching on microsoft's web site and found an article that 
>tells how to add programs to the list of email clients available on that
>pulldown in IE.
>
>
>By changing the values that are stored in the registry for extended
>services such as mail and news, it is possible for Internet Explorer
>to start programs that provide specialized Internet services.  By
>appending new key definitions to the end of the registry path, it is
>possible to add other programs to the menu items that are available
>within Internet Explorer.
>
>For example, to include a mail client program in the list of available
>programs, register your client programs in the following registry key:
>
>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\ Your_Mail_Client_Name
>
>Define the client and the path to the program to be started by Internet Explorer:
>
>Key:  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\ Your_Mail_Client_Name\shell\open\command
>
>Value:  "C:\Program Files\ Your Folder Name \YOUR_MAIL_CLIENT_NAME.EXE "     
>
>(I assumed HKLM = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
>
>
>On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 21:55:54 -0700, Dave in Phoenix wrote:
>
>>How do you make PMMail work from websites with the mail to herf in IE6 that
>>comes with XP?
>>
>>There is no PMMail option like in earlier Win98 versions.  And there is no
>>"Use External Client" option, just lists Outlook, Agent  and the other
>>E-mail clients I don't use but no way to have it use PMMail... cry....
>>
>>Dave in Phoenix
>>
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